100 degrees (F)+ for western Canada next week?

[Stu Gotz]

Is this correct? That’s Phoenix-like weather.

[mntlion]

yes: and not happy about it.

[KQ]

Bitch About The Weather, HERE!

[weibo]

It is going to suck. Where to go to cool off on a crazy summer weekend in the Park? The lakes will be a mad house. I do have some plans.

[XXX-er]

yeah it was all the way up to 27 yesturday in narthern BC which usually doesnt happen till aug. By then the river has dropped so the drunk redneck children on pooltoys with no PFD's don't drown while floating the Bulkley but its still high & dirty right now

hopefully their god will save them

[skaredshtles]

SIUP's.

[BCMtnHound]

Stuck in the office this week, and they still haven't fixed the HVAC from the last hot spell in May. 28C at my desk at 3pm yesterday. FML

At least I got the AC unit in the house in place. With wifey sleeping off the night shift, she is going to be so grateful for a cool house today.

[Ted Striker]

It's ten times hotter than hell.

[AK47bp]

I’ll be awaiting El Hefe’s photo reports of the hotness


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[el hefe]

Haha I got some good selfies sent over yesterday from the dock.

[Timberridge]

It's ten times hotter than hell.

Hmm. 6000 rpm redline and ~110 mph top speed before the scary zone starts.
2019 Kia Sorrento?

Oh, and subscribed on the El Hefe updates.

[Ted Striker]

2019 Kia Sorrento?

My lake jumping days are behind me.

edit: wait, that was a hyundai wasn't it? Can't keep my boring sedans straight.

It's an instagram posermobile minus the gotos.

[Marshall Tucker]

But it's a dry heat.

[Beaver]

Bring it!

[AK47bp]

Fark. I need a lake at my house.

106 for Cascade foothills is a little nuts.




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[AK47bp]

So for our wimpy western WA and BC central air units, how do we prevent them from blowing up in multiple days of 100+ heat?

Any tips?

I keep my house at 75 in the day and 71 overnight.

Is it better to keep the temp consistent (say leave at 75) versus the 4 degree difference in the evening?

Or should I just leave it at 77 and sleep in my downstairs living room?

I love my AC and don’t want it to die.




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[KQ]

So for our wimpy western WA and BC central air units, how do we prevent them from blowing up in multiple days of 100+ heat?

Any tips?

I keep my house at 75 in the day and 71 overnight.

Is it better to keep the temp consistent (say leave at 75) versus the 4 degree difference in the evening?

Or should I just leave it at 77 and sleep in my downstairs living room?

I love my AC and don’t want it to die.

I always thought constant was better but this is what the Google sez:

Even though your cooling unit will have to run for a while to get to the temperature you prefer, it still saves more energy — and money — than running it constantly. If you have a programmable thermostat, even better.

"Air-conditioning systems run most efficiently when they're running at full speed," she explains. So while your unit might make more noise initially cooling a space down from 80 to 75 degrees, running all day at a less powerful speed requires more energy overall.

As for blowing up, do you mean overheating and blowing a breaker or the unit failing?


I've turned the temp up a bit on mine and try to turn it off when I go to bed if it's cool enough outside. Shutting off the AC and leaving the fan on circulate is also an option I use.

[AK47bp]

I always thought constant was better but this is what the Google sez:






As for blowing up, do you mean overheating and blowing a breaker or the unit failing?

From what I read most AC units are supposed to cool around 20 degrees below outside. AC units are for the average climate of your area. Western WA in the summer is 80’s maybe some 90’s here and there so keeping it at 75 in the day is appropriate.

If it’s 106 that means if my house stays under 86 it’s doing it’s job? So if I have it at 75 it will just run constantly.



https://www.wmhendersoninc.com/blog/...r-in-broomall/


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[el hefe]

Went surfing before work today. Air temp was already 25c and lake is at 23c. One way to stay cool.

[bennymac]

yeah it was all the way up to 27 yesturday in narthern BC which usually doesnt happen till aug. By then the river has dropped so the drunk redneck children on pooltoys with no PFD's don't drown while floating the Bulkley but its still high & dirty right now

hopefully their god will save them

Terrace and Smithers, by latitude, are in the southern half of BC.

[KQ]

From what I read most AC units are supposed to cool around 20 degrees below outside. AC units are for the average climate of your area. Western WA in the summer is 80’s maybe some 90’s here and there so keeping it at 75 in the day is appropriate.

If it’s 106 that means if my house stays under 86 it’s doing it’s job? So if I have it at 75 it will just run constantly.



https://www.wmhendersoninc.com/blog/...r-in-broomall/

I have read that about the 20 degree thing. One of the reasons I turned mine up is because I felt it was running too much.

[Hopeless Sinner]

So for our wimpy western WA and BC central air units, how do we prevent them from blowing up in multiple days of 100+ heat?

Any tips?

I keep my house at 75 in the day and 71 overnight.

Is it better to keep the temp consistent (say leave at 75) versus the 4 degree difference in the evening?

Or should I just leave it at 77 and sleep in my downstairs living room?

I love my AC and don’t want it to die.




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The most likely failures are contactor and start/run capacitors. I kept spares for my units since they are plug n play. There are so many capacitors that tech's don't stock them on their trucks so you're dependent on a parts store, which can make for a very long weekend. Fan motors are another common failure and easy to replace. They can be shorted to restart a few times before they die completely.

[Buster Highmen]

So for our wimpy western WA and BC central air units, how do we prevent them from blowing up in multiple days of 100+ heat?

Any tips?

I keep my house at 75 in the day and 71 overnight.

Is it better to keep the temp consistent (say leave at 75) versus the 4 degree difference in the evening?

Or should I just leave it at 77 and sleep in my downstairs living room?

I love my AC and don’t want it to die.




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Open upper windows at night and crack lower windows if you can. Putting a fan in upper windows blowing air out at night brings in some cool.
No AC here, we rely on this kind of temperature management.

[AK47bp]

Open upper windows at night and crack lower windows if you can. Putting a fan in upper windows blowing air out at night brings in some cool.
No AC here, we rely on this kind of temperature management.

Yea. My old house in Kirkland I did that technique. Then when the outside air temp warmed to inside temp in the am I shut the windows and drapes and worked pretty well to bridge into the evening.

Hope that technique works for you this weekend.

This is when I miss my tall tree shaded lot, new house has zero shade trees.


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[XXX-er]

Terrace and Smithers, by latitude, are in the southern half of BC.

its still considered the narth and so is PG cuz there is nothing up here so no body argues

and the exact center is Vanderhoof